by many as Museveni's way of punishing Mbabazi for his rumoured presidential run. On 15 June 2015, Mbabazi declared his intentions to run against Yoweri Museveni for the National Resistance Movement's nomination for president at the party's convention on 4 October 2015. This declaration was followed by a response from President Museveni who dubbed it "bad conduct and premature". On 31 July, after much disagreement between top-ranking party officials and Mbabazi himself, the former Prime Minister declared he would stand as an independent candidate. His candidature is backed by The Democratic Alliance (TDA), a loose convergence of minor political parties working to win the position of presidency. In the 2016 general election he received 1.39% of the vote, placing third. Diplomacy Mbabazi has represented Uganda in international fora, including the United Nations Security Council, where he argued for the international community to allow the Uganda People's Defense Force to pursue the Lord's Resistance Army fighters into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. References External links Amama Mbabazi Official Website Amama Mbabazi's Road To Prime Minister Uganda Told To Repay Aid Funds Lost In Office of the Prime Minister Fraud Fallout From Temangalo Scandal |- |- |- } 1949 births Living people Makerere University alumni Members of the Parliament of Uganda National Resistance Movement politicians People from Kanungu District Prime Ministers of Uganda Defense ministers of Uganda 20th-century Ugandan lawyers Law Development Centre alumni Attorneys General of Uganda People educated at Ntare School 21st-century Ugandan politicians